Sunday conversations has a new schedule in 2025

• Events every other month (starting in January)
• Some months will have guest speakers similar to the current format
• Others will be community conversations about a topic important to the community.
• Please send topic suggestions to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

These sessions are appropriate for patients, family members/caregivers, and health care professionals. Sunday Conversations are free and open to anyone. Speaker presentations are recorded for later viewing. Registration is required.

Community Conversation for January 2025:

“Going into the new year, what are your hopes and dreams?”

Sunday, January 19, 2025, 4 p.m. Eastern Time

Register for the January 19 Sunday Conversations

Links to recordings, slides, and other resources from past events:

• "Your Doctors Are Human Beings Too",  with Ruth Axelrod, November 17, 2024
• "Dr. Jill Crista Answers Your Questions About Mold",  with Dr. Jill Crista, September 15, 2024
• "Body of Water" Presentation and Community Conversation with Sara Nesson, August 18, 2024. This event was not recorded.
• "Improving Pain Care Through Education and Policy",  with Mass Pain Initiative, June 23, 2024
• "Are You M.A.D.? An axis awry of Mast cell activation disease, Autonomic neuropathy, and Disorders of connective tissue",  with Anne Maitland, May 19, 2024
• "Got Mold? How Our Homes Impact Our Health",  with Michael Rubino, April 21, 2024
• "Dysautonomias 101: More Than Just POTS",  March 17, 2024
• "Living with co-morbidities or other serious illnesses: Small Group Discussions" February 18, 2024. This event was not recorded.
• "It's Not All In Your Head" with Judy Tsafrir, M.D., January 21, 2024
• "What Sociology and the Illness Narratives Can Teach Us About Living with Chronic Illness" November 19, 2023
• "Living with Chronic Illness: Small Group Discussions" August 20, 2023. This event was not recorded.
• "Zoom through 40 years of ME/CFS history with MassME" June 18, 2023
• "Using wearable technology to measure and manage Long COVID and ME/CFS".  May 21, 2023
• "What Every Provider Should Know About ME/CFS (and how their patients can help them learn)" April 16, 2023
• "The Broken Mishkan: Performance and Community Conversation" with Sara Nesson" March 19, 2023. A recording will be made available to registrants for a limited time after the performance.
• "Pacing for PEM: An OT and PT perspective on what it is and how you can use pacing strategies in your daily life" February 19, 2023.
• "Selected readings from The Long Haul, with Ryan Prior and Cynthia Adinig" January 22, 2023.
• "Coping During the Holidays with ME/CFS, Long COVID, and Related Chronic Illness" November 20, 2022. This was a small group conversation event and was not recorded.
• There was no Sunday Converstion in October. At our Annual Meeting on October 22, Dr. Anthony Komaroff presented "MECFS and Long COVID: Emerging Similarities and Why it Matters". For full coverage of the meeting, visit our Youtube playlist.
• "How Those Living with Long Covid and ME/CFS can Enhance Their Quality of Life by Integrating Traditional Chinese Medicine Into Their Healthcare Plan" September 18, 2022
• Sunday Conversations: Special Edition - August 21, 2022 Small group conversations about a variety of topics. This program was not recorded.
• "A whole-person health approach to Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome – Lessons for Post-COVID conditions."  June 19, 2022
• "Fibromyalgia" May 15, 2022
• "Working with Your Healthcare Provider" April 24, 2022
• "A Functional Medicine Approach to Complex Chronic Illnesses" March 20, 2022
• "Applying for Social Security Disability if you have ME/CFS or Fibromyalgia" February 20 2022
• "Physical and Occupational Therapy for ME/CFS and Similar Chronic Illnesses" January 16, 2022

Click to see all events in a list format.